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Practice Listening: Fill in the Blanks (Type In) ID: #36778 Short Hungry Money
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You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank.
* Fill in the missing words into the blank fields
Millions  of  people  in  North  Korea  are  short  of  food,  perpetually  hungry  children  and    and  nursing  mothers  are  suffering  the  most.  The  World  Food  Program  reports,  South  Korea's  landmarked  ,  the  biggest  in  more  than  a  decade,  will  help  ease  the    crisis  faced  by  2  million  of  this  particularly    group  of  people.  Under  an  agreement  worked  out  by  WFP  between  both  countries,  South  Korea  will  donate  50,000  metric  tons  of  rice  and  $4.5  million  in  cash  for  food  needs  in  North  Korea.

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Correct answer: pregnant

Explanation: Here you hear "children and pregnant and nursing". It comes before "and nursing mothers", so a word for women expecting a baby.

Meaning: "pregnant" means expecting a baby.

Wrong options:

  • pregnent: It has "e" where the word has "a". Write "pregnant". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • pregnancy: "pregnancy" is a close word, but it ends in "cy". The speaker says "pregnant", which ends in "t".
Correct answer: donation

Explanation: The speaker says "landmarked donation the biggest". It comes after "landmarked", so the word is a gift or aid.

Meaning: "donation" means a gift of money or goods.

Wrong options:

  • donasion: It has "s" where the word has "t". The right spelling is "donation". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • donate: "donate" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "donation", which ends in "ion".
Correct answer: nutritional

Explanation: You hear "help ease the nutritional crisis". You need a describing word, so it ends in al.

Meaning: "nutritional" means about food and health.

Wrong options:

  • nutrionial: It leaves out the "ti" and it adds an extra "i". The right spelling is "nutritional". Every letter must be correct to get the mark.
  • nutrition: "nutrition" is missing the ending. The speaker says "nutritional", with "al" at the end.
Correct answer: vulnerable

Explanation: Listen for "particularly vulnerable group of people". You need a describing word that ends in ble.

Meaning: "vulnerable" means weak or easily harmed here.

Wrong options:

  • vulnerble: It leaves out the "a". Write "vulnerable". Only the exact spelling gets the mark.
  • vulnerably: "vulnerably" is a close word, but it ends in "y". The speaker says "vulnerable", which ends in "e".

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